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Share driveways, in all honesty, are a flawed invention. Though they sound great in theory, the inventor likely didn't account for human, emotional error. Many people believe they are entitled to more than they actually are, which explains why we see so many issues between neighbors who live in close proximity to one another. The usual culprit? Parking, lawn mowing—the usual suspects. How do you avoid entitlement? There's no real way to avoid it, but you can combat it through multiple pathways. Kindness, pettiness, a mixture of the two. So long as you are in the right, karma will find the perfect recipe to correct the issue.
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A truck and a car, parked in a driveway.
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"My neighbor has been using our shared driveway to store her boyfriend's car for six months and acts like I'm insane for bringing it up"
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This is what we like to call a bait-and-switch. Though the neighbor initially seems receptive and willing to remedy the situation she's created, she rips that remedy away as soon as she hands it over. You don't want to live in close quarters with someone who will try to pretend they're fixing something, but in reality, does nothing at all. The fact that she's given the resident a slight taste of a life without her boyfriend's car in the way seems harsher than not moving the vehicle at all. Way to bait, buddy.
The dilemma here is that both residents own their properties. The shared driveway surely exists somewhere in their property paperwork, but the poster has not recalled what that looks like. So, we're left to speculate and wonder what kind of truck this boyfriend drives…
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A piece of notebook paper against a blue background.
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